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And I'm sure the oil barons that are being excluded from the tariffs are making out great! Oh wait...

Tesla stockholders are gonna be loving this: https://electrek.co/2025/04/07/elon-musk-sets-stage-tesla-bail-out-twitter-xai-insane-valuation/ And Musk having a broken clock moment...

https://autos.yahoo.com/tesla-sitting-thousands-unsold-cybertrucks-212500038.html

https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-courts-nyc-5c97cba3f3757d9ab3c2e5840127f765

Based on things I've heard/read, Trump's love with tariffs actually goes back to his college days; only now he has the ability to do something about it, and the will to force it through.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-labs-stds-hepatitis/

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hackathon-irs-data-palantir/

More accurately, he's declared "national emergencies" and is relying on the powers granted under that status to push the tariffs. But Congress can end that I believe, so ball's still in their court, just for slightly different reasons.

Military defense and treaties, among other things.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/senate-overturns-rule-limiting-bank-overdraft-fees-to-5/

Nice video explaining more about tariffs: I actually wasn't aware that if you don't pay tariffs immediately, your stuff gets destroyed. Not sent back or impounded, destroyed.

https://archive.ph/42fNI#selection-4661.0-4661.332 Think the tariffs helped them decide to let 'er rip?

That's the harder than it sounds part... but it's not an impossibility, given we already had a few break ranks on the Canada tariffs. Just not an easy or likely one. There's also the court approach too mentioned in the article, which currently is being headed by a Libertarian of all things...

https://newrepublic.com/article/193607/transcript-trump-tariff-madness-can-stopped-here-how Interesting bits of background in this. Namely, that Trump declared a national economic emergency because we have trade deficits, and that's the grounding for all these tariffs. Kick that out from under...

Some of the international reactions to the tariffs: https://infosec.exchange/@knightsbridge/114280715128031502

Well for those who were wondering if it would affect the Switch 2, the answer is yes: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/553133/pre-orders-delayed-trump-tariff

In case you were wondering how the market news folks are handling this: https://infosec.exchange/@Sempf/114279849369393446 https://infosec.exchange/@Sempf/114280190133900454

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgerl183j3o

We use Roll20 for a VTT, yeah. Also used it in the past for a couple Traveller campaigns as well as a Pathfinder 1E campaign or two. We use Discord for the voice chat and memes that pop up during play.